The Laughing Lady is a 1929 sound film melodrama directed by Victor Schertzinger, starring Ruth Chatterton and produced and released by Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation.[2] It is based on a 1922 British play, The Laughing Lady, by Alfred Sutro. The play was brought to New York in 1923 and put on Broadway starring Ethel Barrymore.
| The Laughing Lady | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Victor Schertzinger |
| Written by | Bartlett Cormack Arthur Richman |
| Based on | play, The Laughing Lady, by Alfred Sutro[1] |
| Produced by | Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation |
| Starring | Ruth Chatterton Clive Brook |
| Cinematography | George J. Folsey |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
A 1924 Paramount silent film retitled A Society Scandal starred Gloria Swanson. It is now lost.
In 1930 a sound version, A Kacago Asszony, was produced by Paramount at its studio in Joinville, France, in Hungarian with a Hungarian director and cast.[3][circular reference] It was released in the US by Paramount in 1931.
Jeanne Eagels was to star in the film but died before production began.
Cast
edit- Ruth Chatterton - Marjorie Lee
- Clive Brook - Daniel Farr
- Dan Healy - Al Brown
- Nat Pendleton - James Dugan
- Raymond Walburn - Hector Lee
- Dorothy Hall - Flo
- Nedda Harrigan - Cynthia Bell (*as Hedda Harrigan)
- Lillian B. Tonge - Parker
- Marguerite St. John - Mrs. Playgate
- Hubert Druce - Hamilton Playgate
- Alice Hegeman - Mrs. Collop
- Joe King - City Editor
- Helen Hawley - Rose
See also
editReferences
editExternal links
edit- The Laughing Lady at IMDb.com
- The Laughing Lady at tcm.com
- synopsis at AllMovie
- lantern slide(archived)
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